Tracheitis

Tracheitis
Other namesInflammation of the trachea
An anatomical diagram of the larynx, trachea, bronchi, and lung roots on a white background. The larynx is located at the top of the image, it is colored a light gray to indicate that it is made of cartilage. The trachea extends down from the larynx as a pink colored tube that is encircled by the tracheal cartilages, which are a series of ring-like structures (also colored gray). The trachea terminates at the carina, which is a bifurcation where the trachea splits into the left and right primary bronchi. The each primary bronchi enters the corresponding lung at the lung roots, before then splitting further into the secondary bronchi. The right lung is colored a redder shade of pink than the trachea. The left lung is a bluer, almost purple, shade of pink. As is normal for anatomical images; the left side is depicted on the right of the image, and vice versa.
Anatomy of the trachea
SpecialtyPulmonology Edit this on Wikidata

Tracheitis is an inflammation of the trachea.[1] Although the trachea is usually considered part of the lower respiratory tract,[2] in ICD-10 tracheitis is classified under "acute upper respiratory infections".[3]

  1. ^ "Tracheitis" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
  2. ^ Patwa, Apeksh; Shah, Amit (September 2015). "Anatomy and physiology of respiratory system relevant to anaesthesia". Indian Journal of Anaesthesia. 59 (9): 533–541. doi:10.4103/0019-5049.165849. ISSN 0019-5049. PMC 4613399. PMID 26556911.
  3. ^ "J04.1 Acute tracheitis". ICD-10 Version. 2014. Retrieved 2020-08-08.